Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34892, James Freeman, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Freeman, James
S. 34892
CONTENTS

(2558)
Massachusetts Roll-
James Freeman Capt Pond Private
Mass Line - 1 Year
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 15 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th of Sept. 1818 and sent to Edward D. Bangs Esq. Worcester Massachusetts
  Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818  37.33    Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Mar. 1819  48.00    Arrears 4 Mo. 20/30  $85.33  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
New Salem, Franklin Co
decision confirmed by P. G. 1821
[Faint handwritten text on the reverse side, likely bleed-through from the other side of the page.]

Gerrit Freeman
15 Apr
Not on Books D W
Admitted

State of Massachusetts I James Freeman a Citizen of the United States, now resident at New Salem in the County of Franklin in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on the first or second of January 1776
I entered and was engaged in the Land service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to the first day of January 1777 ; at which time I left the service on account of sickness, and was never able to return as a private soldier against the common enemy, without any interrup- tion or absence: that I belonged to Capt. Oliver Ponds Company, Col. Joseph Reids Regiment being the 13th in the Massachusetts Line
and that I left the service on January 1. 1777 , with the leave of my commanding Officer, expecting if I recovered to have returned to the army and that, by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of fifty nine
And I hereby relinquish all claims to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
James Freeman
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this 15 th day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me, Edw. Bangs
Judge C. C. C. Elias Weston Francis
the abovenamed James Freeman and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination du- ly made by me the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true.
Given under my Hand and the Seal of said Court, the day of the date aforesaid.
Edw. Bangs

2558
James Freeman
New Salem
2558
1818
W. H. Gull
Mar 1818

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
FRANKLIN ss.
At a Special Session of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Western Circuit, began and holden at Greenfield, within and for the County of Franklin, on Monday the tenth day of July, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, et de die in diem to the fifteenth day of the same month,
PERSONALLY appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record, within and for said County of Franklin, established as such by the Constitution and Laws of said Commonwealth, James Freeman aged Sixty one years, resident in New Salem in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: that I enlisted into the Service the first of January 1776 for one year and served out that time in the Company of Capt Oliver Pomeroy in the Thirteenth Regiment commanded by Col Joseph Reed that I never had any written discharge, but served the full time and was regularly discharged, I served eight months in 1775 I was also at Rhode Island a short time, I have received a Pension under the Act of the 18th of March 1818 and my certificate is numbered 2,555 I had a bad sore on my thigh soon after I left the Army and am now have from the effects of it, and I am now infirm and not able to do but very little labor and am not get a subsistence without being dependent on charity or the bounty of my country. I further State that I am indebted to several persons more than two hundred dollars

and I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me, nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
James Freeman
Sworn to and declared, on the tenth day of July A. D. 1820, before the said Court.
Attest, E. Alvord CLERK.
I ELIJAH ALVORD, Clerk of the aforesaid Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is one hundred and fifty six dollars and Seventy Five cents
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this fifteenth day of July, 1820.
E. Alvord CLERK.

Schedule of the estate of James Freeman of New Salem in the County of Franklin and State of Massachusetts, Applicant for a Pension under the Act of Congress May 1. 1820
Four Acres of land a small dwelling house and a barn thereon one Acre of mowing and one Acre tillage 300.00 Two ledging and very Pasture 64.00 one horse 20.00, two cows 32.00. one Sleigh 12.00 64.00 two Plows 10.00 - one frying Pan 75 Cts 10.75 one Waggon and harness 31.00 one old desk 4.00 35.00 a number of old chains 7.00 one old table 1.00 - 8.00 Various articles of iron ware 6.50 two tables 6.50 13.00 one Clock and case 9.00. Crockery & Glass Ware 7.00 16.00 one pr Steel yards 1.25 one pr. flat irons 50 1.75 1 Saddle 2.00 old Bunch tubs and Boxes 2.00 4.00 one Watch 3.00 one Light Stand 1.25 4.25
$156.75 300 James Freeman
$456.75

County of Franklin ss. on this eighteenth day of August 1823 before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace for the said County of Franklin, personally appeared Clark Sampson p. of Woodstock in said County, who on his oath declares, that James Freeman, the present applicant for a pension, did has since the winter of 1821 paid him the said Clark Sampson, eleven dollars, which the said James owed the said Clark, for a Sleigh, but at what particular time, he does not now remember Clark Sampson Subscribed and sworn to, before me. William Whitaker Justice of the Peace
County of Franklin ss. on this eighteenth day of August 1823 before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace for the said County of Franklin, personally appeared Benjamin Story of Woodstock in said County, who on his oath declares, that James Freeman the present applicant for a pension, did in the month of August 1820 turn out the said Benjamin Story a lease, to pay a note which he formerly gave to Elizabeth which no filed three feet in suit against him, the said James for about the sum of thirty dollars, in part satisfaction of his debt & costs. And the said Benjamin Story further declares, that Benjamin Story, mentioned in said Freeman's affidavit, is now out of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and not to return soon; and that the said Benjamin Story did in the month of August 1820, commence a suit against the said James Freeman, to satisfy which suit, the said James, turned out to the said Benjamin a waggon, for about the sum of thirty dollars. And the said Benjamin Story further declares, that Doct. Samuel Clason, mentioned in said Freeman's affidavit, has removed from this place, and is believed is out of the Government, so that his affidavit cannot now be obtained. Ben o Story Subscribed & sworn to, before me, the day and year aforesaid. William Whitaker Justice of the Peace

County of Franklin ss. On this eighteenth day of August 1823, before me the subscribed Justice of the peace for the said County of Franklin, personally appeared John Shaw of New Salem in said County, who on his oath declared, that he bought of James Freeman the present applicant for a pension a clock, for which he paid Samuel Hunt eight dollars, on a note against the said James Freeman, sometime in the winter of one thousand eight hundred twenty three.
John Shaw
Subscribed & sworn to before me
William Whitaker, Justice of the Peace
County of Franklin ss. On this eighteenth day of August 1823, before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace for said County of Franklin personally appeared David Walker of New Salem in said County who on his oath declared that in the month of April or August 1822, he bought of James Freeman, the present applicant for a pension a table for which he allowed the said James Freeman, four dollars and fifty cents, towards a debt he owed him.
David Walker
Subscribed before & sworn to before me
William Whitaker, Justice of the Peace

County of Franklin ss. On this eighteenth day of August 1823, before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace within and for the said County of Franklin, personally appeared Henry Ward Esquire of Peterham in the county of Worcester, who on his oath declares, that James Freeman the present applicant for a pension has paid him the sum of the twenty five dollars on a debt due in the year 1820 as the said Freeman has set forth in his affidavit. Henry Ward
Subscribed & sworn to the day and year aforesaid.
Before me William Whitaker Justice of the peace
County of Franklin ss. On this eighteenth day of August 1823, before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace within and for the said county of Franklin, personally appeared George Clark of Peterham in the county of Worcester, who on his oath declares, that James Freeman the present applicant for a pension did on the ninth day of November Anno Domini 1820 pay to him the said George Clark the sum of sixty dollars, it being for a debt which the said James, owed to him the said George & Co., on which debt a suit had been, previously commenced. George Clark
Subscribed and sworn to before me the William Whitaker Justice of the Peace
County of Franklin ss. On this eighteenth day of August 1823, before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace within and for said county of Franklin personally appeared Levi Chamberlin of Dana in the county of Worcester, who on his oath declares, that James Freeman the present applicant for a pension did on the seventh day of August 1820 owe him the said Levi the sum of two dollars and fifty cents in payment of which debt, the said Levi did receive of the said James, a plough and some other small articles.
Levi Chamberlin
Subscribed & sworn to before me
William Whitaker Justice of the Peace
Franklin ss. August 18 th 1823 I hereby certify that Clark Sampson, Benjamin Stacy, John Shae, David Walker, Henry Ward Esq. George Clark and Levi Chamberlin, subscribers to the foregoing affidavits, sustain good characters for truth and veracity. William Whitaker, Justice of the peace.

Franklin ss. August 19 th 1823 I hereby certify that at a court held before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace within and for the county of Franklin on the thirty first day of March Anno Domini 1821, Doct. Sarah Holmes of Winchester in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire (formerly of Athol in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts) returned Judgment against Samuel Freeman of Old Salem in the county of Franklin (the present applicant for a premium for the sum of Seven dollars & fifty cents, and Three dollars & eighty six cents charges of suit, on which Judgment execution in due form of law issued on the second day of April following, which said execution has been returned into my hands by the proper officer satisfied in full.
William Whitaker, Justice of the Peace.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss.
I Elijah Alvord Clerk of the Judicial Courts held within and for the said County of Franklin do certify that William Whitaker Esquire before whom the subjoined affidavits were taken was at the time of the captions thereof and still is Justice of the Peace within and for the said County of Franklin, duly commissioned and qualified and acting as such under the authority of this Commonwealth; also that the signature to the several captions aforesaid are in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said County this fourteenth day of January A.D. 1824
E. Alvord Clerk

34892 Ray INVALID.
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File No. 34,892
James Freeman Rev Rev 1822
Act: 18 th March 18 th
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[Arrangement of 1870.]

James Freeman
Schedule
2.558
11° 2.558
March term 1829
Certified copies of the within assessments , or verdicts , are required.
9 June 1829
Elijah Alward Esq. Greenfield Mass. Us

I hereby certify that I sold the horse the last of August 1820 to Benjamin Stacy Jr. for 30 dollars to pay a debt which I owed to Eliza Smith which had become the property of said Stacy. I was sued upon the said note & turned out the said horse to pay the debt which then amounted to the said sum of thirty dollars. The cost was more than seven dollars which I paid partly in labour and partly in money.
The 2 Cows mentioned in my former schedule were not at that time mine; I had taken or hired them, one of Leonard Martin & the other of Huldah Briggs. They were hired for a year and have since returned them to the owners. I included them in the inventory because as I understood the law, I was to render a schedule of all the property in my profession.
For the sleigh in that schedule I was indebted to Clark Sampson. Immediately after I was dropped from the roll of pensioners being pressed for payment, I sold the sleigh to George Clark to satisfy the said Sampsons claim.
One of the plows is worn out and of no value, the other plow I sold to Levi Chamberlain of Dana for a debt which I owed him of about ten dollars. The plough did not amount to as much as the debt. I paid the residue by two or three chairs.
The frying pan was old. I sold it to one Gideon Howes of Dana for 75 cents worth of lampblack, and the lampblack I sold to a Mr. Fay of Oakham for leather enough to make a pr. shoes.
The Wagon & harness I sold to Benjamin Stacy for between 32 & 33 dollars to satisfy a suit which he had commenced on a note he held against me amounting to that sum. The cost, upwards of 1 dollar, I paid in money arising from the sale of small articles contained in my said schedule. The Desk was old and has fallen to pieces. The Chairs have been sold, but when and to whom & at what price, I cannot now recollect or be particular.

One old table sold - Iron ware partly sold & partly broken - One of the two tables I sold to Isaac Goodnow for hay & pasturing and the other I sold to David Walker who paid my creditors, but as to whom & when & for how much I cannot be particular - I sold the block to John Shaw for 8 dollars which he paid for the use of the cows above mentioned -
The rest of the property is lost worn out or sold -
All the above changes in my property took place in the summer and Autumn 1820, soon after I was disappointed as to my pen- -sion. Most of my creditors then sued me and I made the best terms with them I could -
The 100 dollars which I borrowed of Warney Pearce Esq., and for which the mortgage of the real estate was made was paid partly viz. 60 dollars to George Clark whom I owed that sum & who had sued me The rest I paid to other creditors viz. to Henry Ward nearly 21 dolls to Doct. Sam l Clespen about 10 Dolls - & to D r Holmes of Athol about 10 Dolls
The reason of my having been so much in debt was not only for purchase of articles &c for the comfort of my family, relying on my pension to enable me to pay for the same, but the support of a sick wife who was confined by sickness about three years previous to her death which happened in June 1820. I now owe considerable debts and have an execution against me in the hands of an officer, on account of which I shall probably be committed to prison - And I have no means to support myself and am dependent therefor on public or private charity or the bounty of the government. I have been lame ever since I left the army and am unable to support myself by labor and have no relations able to support me
James Freeman
Franklin J. Sworn to before me E. Alvord Justice of the Peace Clerk of the Supreme Jud. Court

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF FRANKLIN ss.
ON this twentieth  fourth day of April 1823, personally appeared in open court, before the Court of Common Pleas  Supreme Judicial Court , being a court of record for the county of Franklin, established as such by the Constitution and Laws of said Commonwealth. James Freeman resident in said county, aged sixty four years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress, of the 18th March, 1818, and the 1st May, 1820, that he, the said James Freeman enlisted for the term of one year on the first day of January in the year 1776 in the state of Massachusetts in the company commanded by captain Oliver Pond in the regiment commanded by colonel Joseph Reed in the line of the state of Massachusetts on the continental establishment; that he continued to serve in the said corps until the expiration of the said term when he was discharged from the said service, in Pittsfield in the state of New York that his name has been placed on the pension list, and dropt therefrom on account of his property.
And, in pursuance of the act of the 1st of May, 1820, I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. That, since the exhibition of my first schedule, the following changes have been made in my property—viz. I was
indebted at the time of exhibiting my former schedule to more than the amount of all my property for the purchase of most of the property contained in said schedule. That after I was dropped from the roll of pensioners my creditors pressed me for payment and I was obliged to mortgage my real estate to Varney Pearce Esq. to raise money to pay the demands upon me & have since been wholly dispossessed of the same. Further particulars may be learnt by copy of the deed and affidavit herunto annexed. I have now no property to exhibit
James Freeman
Sworn to, and declared, on the twenty fourth day April before the Court aforesaid. Attest E. Alvord Clerk
I, Elijah Alvord Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court do hereby certify, that it appears, to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said James Freeman did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, under one engagement, on the continental establishment. I also certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the afore a said schedule is _____ dollars and _____ cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this twenty fourth day of April 1823
E. Alvord Clerk of the Court of the Supreme Judicial Court for the County of Franklin.

Be it then remembered that on the Sixteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eight- teen, personally appeared before me, Oliver Pond of Sherborn in the Coun- ty of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Esquire and after due Examination and Oath to testify the whole truth he saith the Oath, that James Freeman served in the late Continental Army one year in the late Revolutionary War, in the Company under my Command in the Regiment commanded by Col. Joseph Reed in the thirteenth Massachusetts Regiment, that he enlisted with me on or about the first of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety six, and con- tinued with me in my Company one year and was then honorably dismis- sed on or about the first of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety seven, at which time he was a faithful good sol- dier.
Taken and sworn to the day and year above written before me
Cornelius Wallock, Justice of the Peace for the County of Norfolk

their affidavit, exhibit,
to claimant aged 44, infirm, makes no mention of family.
E. Alvord, Esq. Greenfield, Mass.
Returned April 17. 1824 Sent as above
March 19
Massachusetts 130,89 James Freeman Private. Served 18 months from 1778. 1 st Schedule, dated 10 th July 1820. Real Estate. 4 acres of land & small dwelling house & barn, $300. 1 horse $20, - 2 cows $32, - 52. 1 Sleigh $12, - 2 plows $10 - 22. Wagons and harness, 31. Household & kitchen furniture 37, 75
$486 75 Owes about $200.
Schedule under act 1 st March, 1823, dated 24 th April 1823 - con- tains no property. Accounts for diminution as follows, -
Indebted at the time of exhibiting 1 st schedule to the  the  the the per- sonal property therein exhibited, that after being kept from persons well in 1820, was seized by creditors for payment, and obliged to mort- gage Real Estate (to Barnum Pearce) for 100 dollars, to pay the demands against him. and has since been wholly disposed of the same, also sold nearly every article of perso- nal property to pay debts and costs on suits. Authenticates copy deed to Barnum Pearce and others.

James Freeman
to Fanny Pearce
Copy - Fees $12
This deed must be certified under the seal of office.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss.
I Elijah Alvord, clerk of the Court of Sessions for the County of Franklin aforesaid do certify that Hooker Leavitt Esquire is the Register of deeds within and for the County of Franklin aforesaid and duly elected & qualified and is the officer to make exemplifications of the conveyances of real estate within the said County and that the attestation to the within copy is made in his own proper hand writing. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said County this fourteenth day of January A.D. 1824
FRANKLIN, ss. November 8 th 1820. Then James Freeman within named, personally appearing, acknowledged the within Instrument by him subscribed, to be his free act and deed.
Before me, John Coukey Jr. Justice of the Peace. This foregoing is a true copy of the Original Recd April 29. 1823. Recorded and Compared By H. Leavitt Reg r . A true Copy of Record att. Hooker Leavitt Reg r .
FRANKLIN, ss. Received April 29. 1823. Registered in Book No. 51, Page 372, and compared by Hooker Leavitt, Register.

To all people to whom these presents shall come : GREETING.
KNOW YE, That I James Freeman of New Salem in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts One Hundred dollars,
For and in consideration of the sum of current money of the Commonwealth aforesaid, to me in hand paid, before the ensealing hereof, by Varney Pearce of said New Salem Yeoman, the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, and am fully satisfied, contented, and paid;
HAVE given, granted, bargained, sold, aliened, released, conveyed and confirmed, and by these presents, do freely, clearly and absolutely give, grant, bargain, sell, alien, release, convey and confirm unto him the said Varney Pearce his heirs and assigns forever, Two certain Tracts of Land in New Salem, one Tract containing six acres being part of a second division Lot number fifty four beginning on the east side of the road at the northwest corner of the Barn standing on the premises and run southerly by the road sixteen rods to Robert Cook's land, thence easterly by said Cook's land Twenty rods, thence northerly sixteen rods, thence westerly Twenty rods to the boundary first mentioned; The other piece contains about Two acres part of the same Lot beginning at a stake and stones on the west side of the road at the end of a Stone Wall thence westerly by the Wall about Twenty rods to a County Road thence southerly by said County road to the place where the two roads intersect, thence northerly by the road to the boundary first mentioned;
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD, the before granted premises, with the appurtenances and privileges there to belonging, to him the said Varney Pearce his heirs and assigns: to his and their own proper use, benefit and behoof forevermore. And I the said James Freeman my heirs, executors, and administrators, do covenant, promise and grant unto, and with the said Varney Pearce his heirs and assigns forever, that before and until the ensealing hereof, I am the true, sole, proper and lawful owner, and possessor of the before granted premises, with the appurtenances. And have in me good right, full power and lawful authority to give, grant, bargain, sell, alien, release, convey and confirm the same as aforesaid; and that free and clear, and freely and clearly. executed, acquitted and discharged of and from all former and other gifts, grants, bargains, sales, leases, mortgages, wills, entails, jointures, dowries, thirds, executions and incumbrances whatsoever.
AND FURTHERMORE, I the said James Freeman for me & my heirs, executors and administrators, do hereby covenant, promise and engage the before granted premises, with the appurtenances unto him the said Varney Pearce
his heirs and assigns forever, to warrant, secure and defend against the lawful claims or demands of any person or persons whatsoever. In witness whereof I the said James Freeman and Hulda Freeman wife of said James in testimony that I do hereby relinquish all right of dower in said premises, have hereunto set our hands and seals this Seventh day of November in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and Twenty
Provided nevertheless, That if the said James Freeman his heirs, executors or administrators pay to the said Varney Pearce his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns, the sum of One Hundred dollars in one year with interest then this deed, as also one certain note bearing even date with these presents, given by the said James Freeman to the said Varney Pearce to pay the same sum at the time aforesaid shall be void; otherwise remain in full force.
Signed, sealed and delivered, in presence of Benjamin Beaman John Conkey Jr. James Freeman Hulda Freeman and our seal

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Norfolk ss.
I Horatio Townsend, clerk of the county in the above county, Do Certify, that Benedict Nollack, within named, is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly com- missioned by the Executive Authority of the State of Massachusetts, and that the signature to the within Instrument is in the hand writing of the said Benedict Nollack.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said county, at Dedham this fourth day of July in the year of our Lord, one thou- sand eight hundred & eighteen.
Horatio Townsend.
James Freeman Esq.

We Jacob Man Esq. and Robert Day yeoman both of Wrentham in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of Lawful Age Testify and say that we Inlis- ted in the Continental Army On or about the first of January in the Year A D Seventeen hundred and Seventy Six in the thirteenth Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Col Joseph Reed, and in the Company commanded by Capt Oliver Pond in which Reg- iment we served during the year, we further testify that James Freeman now of New Salem in the County of Franklin and Com- monwealth aforesaid enlisted in the same Company and about the same time with us for one year and that the said Freeman continued in the Continental Service for one year and was then honorable dismissed
Jacob Man Robert Day
Norfolk ss. Wrentham the third day of July A D 1818 Then Personally appeared Jacob Man Esq. and Robert Day above named and made solemn oath to the truth of the above Deposition by them signed before me Cornelius Wallock Justice of the Peace
I further certify that Jacob Man Esq and Robert Day are Both Men of Divinity, and respectable inhabitants of the Town of Wrentham aforesaid. I Cornelius Wallock Justice of the Peace